Several dozen students attended a presentation Wednesday night given by Keith Fink, an attorney and a former lecturer in the Department of Communication whose appointment was terminated in June. The event, titled “How UCLA Tramples on Students’ Free Speech,” was hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at UCLA, a nonpartisan conservative student group. Fink discussed […]
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Panelists discuss constitutional rights in first Free Speech 101 event
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a panel about challenging hate speech at UCLA on Tuesday evening as part of the university’s week dedicated to discussing freedom of speech. UCLA distinguished professor of law Eugene Volokh, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor Jon Healey and Over Zero Executive Director Rachel Brown participated in […]
Students increase presence in Westwood Neighborhood Council meetings
Students have had more of a say in Westwood politics since the Westwood Neighborhood Council created a committee to address student issues in July. The Student Advisory Committee moved three action items to the council’s agenda at Wednesday’s meeting. The council approved two of the items, which called on the city of Los Angeles to […]
UCSA plans to introduce regents’ student engagement evaluation system
University of California student leaders are creating a system to evaluate UC Regents based on their engagement with students. The UC Student Association will release the UC Regent Report Card annually to evaluate how often UC Regents visit campuses and talk to students during their visits and how they vote on issues that affect students. […]
UCLA law school assistant professor appointed to UN Human Rights Council
A UCLA School of Law professor will continue researching contemporary forms of racial discrimination at a broader scale at the United Nations while continuing to teach at UCLA. The U.N. Human Rights Council appointed E. Tendayi Achiume, an assistant professor of law at UCLA, as the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, […]
Student advocacy group campaigns for UC to use renewable energy
A statewide student advocacy group is campaigning to have University of California campuses use 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. The California Public Interest Research Group released a 10-point plan last week to make campuses more sustainable, said Nico Gist, a UCLA coordinator for CALPIRG. The 10-point plan recommends campuses to use renewable energy sources, […]
GSA external vice president chooses to keep association in UCSA
The UCLA Graduate Student Association announced last week it will remain part of the University of California Student Association even though graduate student associations at other campuses voted to leave UCSA last month. The UC Graduate-Professional Coalition, which consists of graduate student representatives from the 10 UC campuses, voted to leave UCSA because several graduate […]